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Comm. Minutes--December 7, 1992 961 PROCLAMATION ADOPTED, "Reinvest in America" MOTION, passed Mrs. Toussaint moved and Mr. Eckert seconded to adopt the following proclamation as requested by the West Fargo Public School District: On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. REINVEST IN AMERICA A NEW PRIORITIES PROCLAMATION We, the Board of Commissioners of Cass County, North Dakota, do hereby adopt the following resolution in support of new national federal budget priorities for the United States of America. WHEREAS, the Board of Cass County Commissioners is committed to offering every child in our community the opportunity for a quality education; and WHEREAS, our nation's success in the post-Cold War world will depend on the ability of America's public schools to educate each and every child; and WHEREAS, no single school district has the financial capacity to both build a quality education program for the 21st Century and overcome the social and economic problems that prevent students from coming to school ready to learn; and WHEREAS, the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union offer our nation a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink our national priorities; and WHEREAS, our competitors in the global marketplace invest more tax dollars on children and elementary and secondary education than does the United States; and WHEREAS, federal budget savings made possible by the end of the Cold War could be used to rebuild America and ensure that every child comes to school healthy and ready to learn; and WHEREAS, the national organizations that represent the men and women at the local level who care most deeply about education -- the National School Boards Association, the National PTA, the National Association of Elementary School Principals, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the American Association of School Administrators, the Council of Great City Schools, the National Education Association, and the American Federation of Teachers -- have jointly called for new federal budget priorities that reflect post- Cold War realities. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Cass County Commissioners believes it is time to reinvest in America. We join school districts across the United States to urge the Congress and the President elected November 3rd, 1992, to make reordering federal spending priorities America's top priority in 1993.